Oceanía metro station
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Oceanía metro station[lower-alpha 2] is a transfer station of the Mexico City Metro in Venustiano Carranza, Mexico City. It is a combined elevated and at-grade station, along Lines 5 (the Yellow Line) and B (the Green-and-Gray Line). Oceanía is located between Aragón and Terminal Aérea metro stations on Line 5, and between Deportivo Oceanía and Romero Rubio metro stations on Line B. It serves the colonias of Pensador Mexicano and Aquiles Serdán. The station is named after Oceanía Avenue and its pictogram depicts a kangaroo, a representative animal from Oceania.
Oceanía metro station opened on 19 December 1981 with service northward toward Consulado and southeastward toward Pantitlán on Line 5. West service on Line B toward Buenavista station and northeast toward Villa de Aragón station started on 15 December 1999. The station facilities are partially accessible to people with disabilities as there are tactile pavings and braille signage plates. Since it was opened, Oceanía metro station has had some incidents, including two fake bomb threats and a train crash, where one person indirectly died and twelve others resulted injured. In 2019, the station had an overall average daily ridership of 18,953 passengers.